19th C. PNG Trobriand Islands Wood Club w/ Frigate Bird

South Pacific, Solomon Sea (Trobriand Islands), 19th century CE. An excellent wood adze with a flat metal blade bound to its end. The handle is shaped like the head of a long-necked bird, with carving

**First Time At Auction** South Pacific Islands, Trobriand Island, ca. early 20th century CE. A finely-detailed wooden club from this group of atolls east of New Guinea. Carved from a caramel-hued lig

The 18th/19th century carved wood feast bowl attributed to the Melansian People of Admiralty Island, Papua, New Guinea the bird form with pronounced head and openwork 'wing' handles, raised on four in

**Originally Listed At $450** Oceania, Melanesia, Trobriand Islands, Massim peoples, ca. 19th century CE. An attractive, hand-carved wooden bowl of a dark-brown hue with a round but stable base, expan

**Originally Listed At $1800** Oceania, Melanesia, northern Solomon Islands, North Bougainville District, Takuu Atoll (also Mortlock Islands or Marqueen Islands), ca. 19th century CE. A finely preserv

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Kuku Kuku people (also Kukukuku), ca. 19th century CE. A fascinating wooden club with a long, tapering handle that terminates in a studded, "pineapple-shaped" striking end w

**First Time At Auction** Oceania, New Zealand, Maori people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A fine kotiate club, a traditional type of weapon, hand-carved from a hard wood and inlaid with in

Native American, North America, Pacific Northwest Coast, United States or Canada, Kwakwakaíwakw, Haida, or Tlingit, ca. late 19th to early-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden club hand-carved f

Oceania, Solomon Islands, Santa Cruz Islands, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A stunning hand-carved wooden dance club, known as a napa, presenting a lengthy form with a conical handle and a c

Oceania, Solomon Islands, ca. late early 20th century CE. A wooden paddle club of a simple yet elegant form, with a wide paddle end that is bisected by a raised rib and resolves in a pointed terminal.

**Originally Listed At $650** Oceania, Solomon Islands, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A wooden paddle club of a simple yet elegant form, with a wide paddle end that is bisected by a raised r

**Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Trobriand Islands, Massim peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A wonderful and early example of a dance club with a thick handle, a semicircular pommel bulb, proj

100% of the Hammer price of all lots sold in this auction will be donated to Community Food Share by Artemis Gallery. $1.00 = 3 meals! **Originally Listed At $400** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik

Polynesia, Rennell Island, ca. 19th century CE. A large, handsome club carved from a strong, warm brown tropical hardwood, with a long body that slowly widens to a curved tip. The blade has a low, rai

**Originally Listed At $300** South Asia, Southern India, Tamil Nadu, ca. 19th century CE. A beautiful architectural panel carved from wood that features relief and openwork scrolling foliate motifs w

South Pacific, Polynesia, Tonga or Samoa, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand carved wooden ceremonial club known as an 'akau tau in the shape of a canoe paddle inlaid with nacre shell and

**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden adze handle of an angled form suited for performing myriad util

Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Loango / Kasai river region, probably Mbala, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A wonderful bird effigy club, the wooden handle carved with the head and

**Originally Listed At $450** Oceania, Melanesia, Trobriand Islands, Massim peoples, ca. 19th century CE. A finely-preserved bowl of a wide form, hand-carved from dense wood of an espresso-brown hue.

Latin America, Mexico, ca. 18th to early 19th century CE. A gorgeous hand-built wooden chest enveloped in a red-hued finish with the front panel hand-painted in hues of scarlet, navy, forest green, pi

South Asia, India, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A fascinating wooden shelf bracket or corbel featuring a long-necked bird with wings outstretched. The top and back panels are constructed fr

Oceania, Polynesia, Fiji Islands, ca. 19th century CE. An attractive example of a hand-carved wooden throwing club known in Fiji as an I Ula Tavatava. The club has a bulbous head with several protrudi

Oceania, Polynesia, Fiji Islands, ca. 19th century CE. An intimidating throwing club known as an ula kitu (also i ula kitu) carved from hard, red-brown wood that is covered in lustrous patina. The den

Massim Island Arrow Tip Club Late 19th Century, Papua New Guinea Trobiand Islands Wood with fine patination, 29 1/4 x 3 in. Lot Essay: Avid ethnographers, including Nelson Rockefeller, collected Massi